Daniel Konecki is a biochemistry and computer science double major at the University of Maryland. He was born in Heidelberg, Germany and lived in Wisconsin before moving to the DC Metropolitan area. At this point he has completed two summers interning at the NIH as well as two summers and winters working as a contractor for the biotech company GeneDX. Before college Daniel played club soccer and ran track and cross country for his high school as well as practicing a traditional Japanese form of karate. In his free time Daniel enjoys watching tv, playing computer, reading, and djing.